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I often see posts on people selling cutting boards or similar made of glued-up strips of hardwood ... Maple, Acacia, Cherry, Walnut I's like to make a couple of these in a custom size. Anybody know of a good source for such woods, my local timber merchants have loads of structural materials...

I need to drill some flat bottom holes in hardwood. (12mm diam) Ones I used previously are a bit like engineering end mill bits. Is there a particular name for these bits …. So I can find one on-line.

A neighbour just donated me 2 VGC twin 6' fittings complete with Phillips 75-85W tubes, While I have the slimline tubes & fittings in my garage, I could utilise these over my workbench. Should I just use as is .... or is there an adapter to use slimline Tri-Phosphor tubes, I can see an adapter...

Often instrument cases are made of wood , but have a black 'felt' coating over all the compartments to protect the instruments .. Typical (but old) such case in sample pic Is this 'sprayed on' or is it a glued on fabric ? .... need to make a few storage boxes and need to have them lined...

Project I would like to identify the state of 3 switches, sw 1, 2 & 3 and when power is supplied to a fan …… so 4 indicators – assume these would be LED. I.1 – I.4 Sketch is attached. The controller is self-contained controller providing Bluetooth, Wireless, time & temperature functions...

I use a wooden Pizza peel - birch ply - Does the job well, but handle is too small for comfort (for my size hands) I had some offcuts of 12 x 60 Ash , so cut a length glued on some short shoulders to give me a 'T' shape and routed out the shape of the existing handle and inset that and the...

While moving a very heavy frameless glass door, the corner got crunched on a tiled floor. So instead of arrised corner, it’s rounded off … The glass will close on top & side seals, so most of it is covered … but I should like to repair if only to keep seal as it should be. Anybody aware of...

Been badly let down by a tradesman Paid a deposit for 10mm toughened glass balustrade, the guy fitted end clamps & central post and never returned. So I have 4 clamps per piece of glass .... I can measure exact size between clamps, anybody know what tolerance I should allow .... for example on...

I have a 21mm PVC overflow pipe used to provide a condensate drain. when my boiler was replaced the guys ‘rotated’ pipe to add pipe insulation.. must have cracked/ stressed at the fitting and it has sheared off flush with the brick wall. To avoid chiseling away brick to use a standard coupler...

I have some machine screws I wish to replace - just not sure what they would be. It's off an American made item, so not metric ( and size conforms that) OD is 0.174" sort of assuming this is a 3/16" TPI is 24 Therefore my best guess is UNC #10-24 That seem right ?

Have a large panel … being used over a hot tub, which is 5mm Foamex sheet (pvc foam), with a glued on 70 x 16 softwood ‘frame/edge. Used a polyurethane glue, and also stapled through from Foamex onto wood. Just thinking if I should wrap the edges much like they do on double glazed units, to...

I have non-draining land .... I removed 250 mmm off the top and imported topsoil, but it still don't drain. It was a valley infilled in 50's to make a railway sidings ..... closed since 70's I tried drainage crates and french drains, initially fine, then they fill and takes weeks of no rain for...

Task to drill 400 holes. about 100 of them are 0.03" (~0.75mm) and another 100 are 0.04" (~1.0mm) My DeWalt cordless is a bit heavy to use for this task, and will not close down on 1-.0mm or lower. I thought to use a pin chuck .... tried 2 from Amazon, but they simply don't run true (they were...

I’m looking for a 2 part male & female locating pins. Have a 32mm panel that is sliding into a recess, and need some form of guide pins, that will locate into receivers. Found these … anybody know of anything better. I suppose if there was a slight taper or chamfer on leading edge of pin it...

Time to treat myself to a Low Angle block plan. I have seen plenty of new ‘Faithfull 6012’ models around £23 price point, which is pretty cheap are they any good ? or perhaps a RIDER NO. 60 1/2. But more than twice that price. either of these better ? Also see plenty of used Stanley’s 110’s but...

I have a wood T&G ceiling (3.3m x 3.3m) on outdoor structure. With a void in the middle of 1.5 x 2.0m Currently no lights, I had liked the idea someone posted here of a ‘starry sky’ effect using fibre optics. However, getting close to £800 to put that in place...

I have a De Walt DW718 305mm compound mitre saw. Just in front of the operating trigger / handle is a black dial .... numbered 1-5 Anybody know what that is for Not mentioned in the user manual.

I have some very old nail punches. Instead of a flat face, they have a half round ‘dimple, to allow them to fit on the head of a nail better. Are these still available, and if so do they have a particular name ?

Going to be assembling a new gravity smoker. (Think auto feed charcoal BBQ) Been suggested to use anti-seize compound on the various screws & bolts. They are typically M4 Steel black painted machine screws. Any suggestions for an anti-seize paste /thread dip.

Underway on a T&G ceiling cladding on 25mm wood. The wood has a V profile, (as per sketch) I could have clad in just straight runs .. but chose to have a bit more 'show' about it. Due to layout there are corner sections at 45 degree and horizontal runs to but against them. Sketch (rough) of...